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* The Mitsuoka LA1 is a C1 Corvette impersonator based on the ND MX-5. * It pays tribute to iconic American styling without going overboard. * The official debut of the Japanese roadster is scheduled for November 26. ============================================================= Mitsuoka has shared more photos and information about its upcoming two-seater roadster. The Mitsuoka LA1 marries the styling of the C1 Corvette with the modern RWD underpinnings of the Mazda MX-5 ND. The official premiere of the LA1 is scheduled for November 26, but the company has already unveiled the exterior design through a dedicated website. The renderings depict a two-door...

An Italian Air Force F-2000 Eurofighter was hit during overnight attacks on King Fahd Air Base at Taif, Saudi Arabia, where Italy has deployed a Task Force Air supporting regional air defence and surveillance. No Italian personnel were involved, but Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has ordered a further assessment of the situation and of the possible operational options. The incident is significant because Taif hosts a relatively small but capable Italian air component. The deployment includes four F-2000A Eurofighters and an E-550A CAEW, alongside C-130J/KC-130J transport capabilities. The Eurofighters provide the fighter component, while the CAEW contributes airborne early warning,...

We’re from the government and we’re here to help.” Those are the nine most terrifying words in the English language, as Ronald Reagan once said. To what do I refer? Per Life Site News: A devout Catholic family in Massachusetts had their 15-year-old daughter taken away from them after they refused to refer to her with male pronouns while her school was secretly socially transitioning her behind the parents’ backs. Joseph and Arlene Kutzko haven’t been allowed to see their daughter, Sophie, in nearly two years. Since then, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) has housed her in a...

While researching bear-human conflicts, two additional incidents were found in which Slovaks used handguns to successfully defend themselves against European brown bears (Ursus arctos). Slovakia is one of the Central European countries that has adopted statutes allowing people to legally carry handguns for self-defense and the defense of others. The areas of both attacks are located about 20 km north of Banská Bystrica, in central Slovakia. On March 30, 2024, a young man was searching for mushrooms in a dense forest in the Žilina district, near the village of Stráňavy. He was off the hiking trail when a brown bear...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/18/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 26Of David.1 Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. 2 Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; 3 for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. 4 I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. 5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. 6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your...

Do we have time for one more look at the insane women who made up the Lindsay Clancy jury, now that, according to The Boston Globe, the lone holdout juror is "getting the negative attention he deserves"? The other jurors claim that the holdout disregarded jury instructions, but the jury had one job: to determine Clancy's innocence or guilt. Not to make a feminist statement. Not to get a national conversation going. Just determine innocence or guilt, based on the facts. The facts are that Clancy murdered her three children, aged 5 years to 8 months, with an exercise band....

18 September 2026 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Osimo, Italy: Basilica of Saint Joseph of Cupertino Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 15:12-20If Christ has not been raised, your belief is uselessNow if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself cannot have been raised, and if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is useless and your believing it is useless; indeed, we are shown...

The Trump administration is reportedly considering business deals with Russia before the war in Ukraine ends, marking a potential shift from Washington’s previous position that economic ties with Moscow should follow a peace agreement. The administration is weighing whether to conclude separate economic agreements with Moscow even without a broader settlement of the war, according to two people familiar with the talks cited by The New York Times. A US official told the newspaper that such deals could move forward because they would “show that the United States is serious about a reset relationship with Russia.” The administration also wants...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the era of “unconditional” ties between the US and Europe built since World War II are over, at least for now, the latest pronouncement of a breakdown in relations under US President Donald Trump’s presidency. “This era of unconditional transatlantic friendship is probably over for the foreseeable future,” Merz told party members in Berlin on Sept 17. “On the other side of the Atlantic, we are seeing a change in political attitudes, a change in the assessment of the transatlantic alliance, which we might not have thought possible.” Merz, giving a stump speech at his...

Two new malaria cases have been registered this week near Frankfurt airport, two months after cases first emerged. A person living near the Schwanheim district of Frankfurt died of malaria, local authorities said on Thursday. The incident is the third such death after a recent cluster of malaria cases linked to Frankfurt Airport emerged. Two airport workers died of the disease in July and August. Malaria is a life-threatening disease transmitted by mosquitoes and causes hundreds of thousands of deaths per year, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is not common in Germany. Schwanheim district, which borders the airport, registered...

In as clear a case as you will find of shutting the barn door after the horses have escaped, Judge William Sullivan has impounded the juror list for the Lindsay Clancy trial – after the lone juror who hung the trial in defiance of the rest of the jurors was doxed. Judge Sullivan acted after the juror’s name and photo were posted online, leading to harassment and death threats. The juror is now hiding with family members. Evidently, authorities do not feel any obligation to come to his defense, though they were quick to express concerns as to how this...

A ticket could cost as much as a whole month’s salary; a one-way ticket from Britain to Rome during the golden age would cost the equivalent of £3,000 in today’s money, according to Key Aero. Pan American World Airways, or Pan Am, introduced the Tourist Class in 1948 – and that's when things really took off (quite literally). In-flight meals could have up to five courses, with reports of steak and lobster being served not uncommon. Silver service was the norm, with white linen tablecloths and real silverware used. So, what on earth has happened? Seat-price competition was key....

North Korea has been found to be dispatching workers to a drone factory in Russia to produce military drones for the country. The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), comprising 11 countries including South Korea, the United States, and Japan, released a report today (September 16) titled "DPRK Sanctions Evasion and Violations of UN Security Council Resolutions: Overseas Labor." The MSMT was launched to fill the gap in monitoring sanctions against North Korea following the dissolution of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea Panel of Experts in 2024, and this marks its third report. According to the report,...

CNN anchor Dana Bash lamented on Thursday the findings in a new poll out of Michigan that 45% of the electorate would not vote for a Muslim candidate, calling it "just gross." During a panel discussion on the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, Bash noted, "We have new data about that that I do want to get to. First, let's just look at the overall polling that Erin, you were talking about. There's a brand new poll out from The Washington Post this morning that shows El-Sayed at 48, Rogers at 45. With the margin...

Linguistic exile, forbidden feelings of belonging, and the Western surrender of home. The experience of returning to a childhood landscape only to find it transformed beyond recognition forms the raw material of Brendan O’Neill’s recent reflection on his northwest London suburb (The Spectator, August 29, 2026). Revisiting streets once familiar, he encounters no English speech, only a cacophony of “Urdu, Russian, Romanian and other tongues.” The record shop has become a greengrocer, the bookshop an Afro barbers, the convent a block of flats. On the Tube home, the sudden sound of a young English voice strikes him with the force...

If you needed another reminder why this year’s midterm elections are so important, Barack Hussein Obama II is back to make the case: Democrats intend to seize control over artificial intelligence and shape it to their advantage. The former president, who has refused to exit the political stage a decade after leaving office, wants his communist-curious comrades to scare voters about potential threats from AI in the final weeks of election season (Remember when we used to vote in person and tally all those votes in a single day?) Obama is a blowhard, but he knows how to tap into...

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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is campaigning on getting "money out of politics," will attend a fundraiser at the West Hollywood home of billionaire George Soros’ nephew. Jeffrey Soros, a California film producer, and his wife, Catharine Soros, will host a meet-and-greet alongside former Obama advisors and "Pod Save America" hosts Jon Favreau, Tom Vietor and Ben Rhodes, as well as other Hollywood figures, on Sept. 28, 2026, according to a flyer obtained by Punchbowl News. The flyer noted that each guest can donate up to $57,800 to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund. The out-of-state big-money...

The NFL not only allows but also supports writing slogans unrelated to football in its end zones. But the league has a major problem with allowing players to write their own slogans on their eye black. Arizona Cardinals cornerback Kei’Trei Clark was fined “6,651 for writing “Glory Be 2 God” on his eye black, violating the league’s rules about not wearing or displaying personal messages either in writing or via illustration on game day. Clark’s message also included a peace symbol between the “Be” and “2.” “During the Arizona Cardinals-Los Angeles Rams game on September 13, 2026, you were in...

U.S. Coast Guard and FBI are probing cyber incidents impacting foreign-flagged ships en route to the U.S., raising concerns about maritime cybersecurity amidst geopolitical tensions. On September 17, U.S. authorities confirmed that the Coast Guard and FBI conducted investigations aboard two foreign-flagged vessels headed for the United States, indicating compromised computer networks. This unusual operation took place on August 21 and August 24, amidst growing concerns over cyber vulnerabilities in the maritime sector. The Incident The joint Coast Guard and FBI operation was prompted by signs of cyber breaches on the vessels, with the Coast Guard confirming involvement of “foreign...